Chapter 21: Digging a Trench
After two more weeks of walking on the grassland, in the evening, they finally saw wisps of smoke rising in front of them, and they couldn't help but speed up.
After walking in, I saw a small town in the distance, and there were also patches of turned land under my feet, surrounded by endless grasslands, next to towering mountains, and a small river winding into the distance, everything seemed so harmonious and beautiful.
Seeing this, Felicia also grabbed Su Lin's hand and exclaimed, "We finally don't have to go anymore." ”
There was a hint of tiredness in Surin's eyes as he looked at her, and he knew that she wanted to settle down, but he was not happy at all at this time, because he saw that the town was surrounded by fences made of sharpened branches, and the gate at the entrance was tightly closed.
These fences were clearly meant to protect against something, which meant that it wasn't as peaceful as it had been, and Surin was wondering what these things were, whether they were orcs or some other unknown species.
At this time, the soldiers patrolling the city walls also spotted their group, and before long all the people in the town ran out to see the strangers, but with some vigilance on their faces.
Su Lin was also looking at these people, as if they had come out of the refugee slum, the clothes on their bodies were not intact, they looked tattered, and their faces were sallow, as if they had not eaten enough.
At this moment, a long column of soldiers with spears came out, and they were dressed much better, wearing chain mail, and carrying swords and daggers at their waists, so to speak, armed to the teeth.
After a while, this column of soldiers came out, numbering about five or six hundred, all lined up in front of the formation, staring at Su Lin.
After seeing this scene, Su Lin also felt that the situation seemed to be wrong, the number of people on the other side was too much, and there was such a well-equipped place in this kind of place, which he never expected, and it would be very difficult to take over this place in the future.
Immediately afterwards, another group of people came out of the city gate, and a dozen or so fully armed cavalrymen in scale armor escorted a few people.
At the head was a gray-haired old man, with a gloomy look in his eyes, as if he could prick people's hearts, and behind him were several young men.
The first thing that sounded as they approached was the old man's desolate voice: "Who are you, and how did you come here?"
"He is the Duke of Surin, this is Princess Felicia, who was knighted by King Curtis, and is now here to take over the place. Gru stepped forward and introduced the two of them.
"It turned out to be Her Royal Highness the Princess and Her Majesty the Duke, and my name is Hebrew. The old man put his hand on his chest and saluted Surin and Felicia.
However, the young men behind them were particularly hostile, and their eyes were full of murderous aura.
Felicia was also stunned for a moment when she heard the name Hebrew, and then said in an incredulous tone: "Are you really the Hebrew general, my father's right-hand man?"
Hebrew nodded, and then invited, "You should be very tired after walking for so long, go and rest first!"
Hearing this, Felicia was about to take someone in, but Su Lin always had a bad feeling in his heart at this time, so he grabbed Felicia and refused: "Let's not go in for the time being, the scenery here is quite good, we plan to go shopping first." ”
Hebrew did not insist on this, but walked back with the men and closed the gates tightly.
"Why don't you go in?" asked Felicia, looking at Surin in confusion.
"The man told me not to go in, let's talk as we go!"
Immediately he set up camp while walking with Felicia and began to discuss.
During the conversation, Surin learned that this Hebrew was once a duke under Antony, and was very important, but suddenly disappeared during the war with the orcs, and has not been heard from since.
After knowing this, Su Lin's suspicion of this person rose a lot, but he didn't know anything about the situation here, so he had to take his time.
At this time, he and Felicia were sitting on a small hillside, looking at the setting sun in the distance, their heads leaning against each other, and the atmosphere was particularly warm.
"Lin, we're here, and this will be our home from now on. Felicia had a happy smile on her face, free from the constraints of the palace, and she was very happy.
"Don't worry, I'll make this our home, just ours. ”
When Su Lin said this, there was a cold light in his eyes, and after arriving here, he felt that this place had become someone else's territory, and they were persona non grata.
One of the tallest buildings in the town, a three-storey wooden house, was the Hebrew dwelling, and when you entered the door, you could see a white woolen carpet on the floor, and candles on the walls, which illuminated the house as if it were day.
As soon as Hebrew and his grandsons entered the house, someone said, "Grandpa, these people must not be kept, otherwise our position here will not be guaranteed at all." ”
"Do you think I don't know? I invited them in just now to kill them inside, but they didn't follow up. Hebrew said with a gloomy face.
"Then we can send someone to kill them in the evening?" someone immediately chimed in.
Hearing this, Hebrew also waved his hand and everyone was quiet, he already had an idea in his heart.
At this time, the people in the camp were erecting brackets, and then hanging the cloth on them, and the camp was fenced off, so that people from outside could see what was going on inside.
Gru also came back with some people cutting down some trees, and chopping them into several pieces and sharpening them, and soon there was a thick pile on the ground.
After enclosing the camp with cloth, Gru directed the men to begin digging pits along the perimeter.
"Lord Gru, what are we digging these holes for?"
"It's not called a pit, the Duke said it's called a trench, let you dig it, where is so much nonsense. ”
Felicia saw that the people outside were busy in the tent, and she couldn't help but ask Surin, "Is this necessary?"
Su Lin shrugged his shoulders and said with a serious face: "We must be careful now, the other party has a lot more people than us, so no mistakes are allowed." ”
Felicia didn't say anything more about him being so cautious, she also knew that she was okay to fight, but she was still inexperienced, and she was also very relieved of Surin.
At this time, Gru's voice also sounded outside: "Lord Duke, everything is ready. ”
Su Lin walked out quickly with Felicia, and saw that a circle of deep pits more than one person high had been dug around him, and the width was about one meter.
"Lord Duke, what should we do now?" asked Gru, looking puzzled, for he still didn't know what the use of digging these pits were.
"Put these stakes in!" said Su Lin, pointing to the pile of sharpened stakes.
After a while, everyone put the wooden stake in the trench, and at this moment they looked at the rows of dense wooden tips under their feet, and their hearts could not help trembling, thinking that if anyone fell down, it would definitely become a hornet's nest.
Seeing this, Gru immediately opened his mouth and said to Su Lin: "Lord Duke, isn't it good for us to do this! This kind of behavior is very shameful and contrary to the spirit of chivalry. ”
There was nothing wrong with Surin deciding about his thoughts, they had been instilled with chivalry since childhood, and it had become a belief that supported their lives, but Surin replied that it was used to prevent wild beasts, which left Gru speechless.
At night, Surin also asked everyone not to remove their armor when they were resting, so as to prevent any accidents, which was not something he was too cautious about, but something that should be done in an unfamiliar environment.
Time slowly came to the middle of the night, when the sky was bright, and there was no sound in the camp except for the occasional neighing of horses, and it seemed unusually silent.
At the same time, a group of more than 300 people was coming down from the mountain, their bodies were painted with various patterns, they were dressed in animal skins, and most of the weapons in their hands were axes, sticks, hammers and other blunt weapons.
Walking in the front was a bald man with a long scar on his face, muttering as he walked: "You have to be careful in this operation, I heard that the other party's regular knight can't be too careless." ”
"What are you afraid of, there are only more than 100 of them, we are twice as many as them, and they are still sneak attacks, clean them up, there is no problem. ”
"I just don't know if there are any women, but I haven't touched a new woman in months. ”
"You haven't had enough of the women on the mountain!, and if you catch the first one, it's not our turn. ”
After a while, the group of people came to a few hundred meters away from the camp, because there was a cloth to cover it, and there was no fire inside, so they couldn't see the situation inside.
Scar Quinu couldn't help but feel uneasy when he saw that there was no movement inside, but he didn't think much about it, as the number one warrior in the tribe, he couldn't just go back, so he waved his hand to let his men slowly approach.
This group of people was moving forward cautiously step by step, their eyes were always staring ahead, and they didn't pay attention to their feet at all, so naturally they didn't find the traps in the grass.
"Ahh
At this moment, a sudden scream broke the black silence, and Quinu was also startled, and quickly looked back, only to see that one of his feet had stepped on a row of wooden nails, and the whole foot had been pierced, and blood kept gushing out.
Quino's reaction was also very fast, directly ordering everyone to attack, and this scream had already revealed their intention to attack.
At this time in the camp, Felicia was already fully armed and led everyone to set up a formation, and when she heard the hurried and chaotic footsteps and roars outside, her face did not show the slightest panic, but a smile.
At this time, Su Lin was also standing at the back with chain mail, holding a cross bow in his hand, he also knew that his strategic ability was strong, but martial arts were not good at him!